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More than 70 parents, children and volunteers took part in a “Get Connected Block Party” hosted by the Leighton Home and School Association and the Oswego City-County Youth Bureau in late January. The event was so successful they are planning another Lego night for March 28.

According to sheriff’s deputies, the crash happened at 11:25 p.m. on State Route 13 in the town of Richland, one quarter mile east of State Route 3. The one-car MVA claimed the life of the sole occupant and driver of the 2006 Chevrolet, Harry L. Bartlett Jr., 31, of 109 Sage Creek Road, Mexico.

The previous two winters were so mild, they lulled people into thinking that was the norm, according to Bill Gregway, local observer for the National Weather Service. “The temperature is a little colder and the precip is a bit below. But over all, it is just a good average cold winter,” he said.

The calendar says Spring arrives on Thursday. But more than 100 area residents know better. Spring arrived today (March 19) with the opening of Rudy’s. “Everything tastes better on opening day,” one of the first customers said. “Then it tastes even better during the summer!”

When super typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines in November, Peace Corps volunteer Tammy “Kat” Hadlow was placed on “administrative hold” and returned to the states for a while. But on Jan. 1, 2014, she returned to the ” toughest job I’ll ever love.”

Stage and screen actress and Mexico High School Class of 1983 graduate Cara D’Emanuele consistently searches for inspiration. It’s no wonder that when very recently, upon first learning of the life of Audrey Munson, she immediately thought of a stage production.